#DDD55C#DDD55C

#DDD55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.142 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD55C
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.83, -12.26, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.83, 60.64, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(85.64% -0.0379 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(85.64% 0.142 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.5466, 63.7352, 19.4993)
Luminance	0.6373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD55C #5C64DD

analogous

#DD955C #DDD55C #A5DD5C

triadic

#DDD55C #5CDDD5 #D55CDD

tetradic

#DDD55C #5CDD95 #5C64DD #DD5CA5

square

#DDD55C #5CDD95 #5C64DD #DD5CA5

split-complementary

#DDD55C #5CA5DD #955CDD

monochromatic

#9E9621 #D0C62B #DDD55C #E8E28F #F2EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#DDD55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD55C

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD55C	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.142 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18e',
    500: '#ddd55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd55c;
$custom-light: #eae18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85635,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD55C

secondary

#3C42A1

accent

#23CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD55C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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